The BeerTrain

A single manned trip including my first ever visit to Austria. New locos again denoted by #. The trip began with the Crompton roadshow on a Gonad charter to Folkestone Harbour behind 33114, I leapt off this then went via Dover for a ferry to Ostend. Saturday 07/12/1991 33114         Finsbury Park - Folkestone Harbour 0613 Potters Bar - Finsbury Park 90miles These were run every Xmas by a Surgeon & were always wedged with drunk nurses (normally on the return leg!) you cannot believe how they festooned the insides of the coaches with all manner of Xmas decorations - they were on their way to do a drunken out & back ferry move. There was also a disco in the Brake van... Boulogne crossed out as I told them I was leaving at Folkestone! 33114 at Folkestone Harbour 2127#       Ostende - Brugge 1604 Ostend - xxxxx * 2719#       Brugge - Brussels Zuid 1634 Ostende - xxxxx * 2554#       Brussels Zuid - Br...

A multi purpose trip, the normal new loco and new track scenario on the one hand & a more relaxed, culturally themed middle bit! I started the trip with John Sandham, spent 9 days with a non-crank friend from Immingham in the middle & finished bumping into Trog! # = New Locos. Saturday 08/06/91 The overnight ferry as usual followed by a swift move across Belgium to Germany (also as usual). 1608#      Ostend - Koln Hbf                0632 Ostend - Koln             350km Time for a 215 fest! 215 039   Koln Hbf - Euskirchen         1037 Koln Deutz - Kall       40km 215 014# Euskirchen - Odendorf         1128 Euskirchen - Bonn      7km 215 115# Odendorf - Euskirchen         1111 Bonn - Euskirchen      7km 215 046# Euskirchen - Mechernich     1114 ...